![]() ![]() The data for the project were gathered by means of a detailed, technically sophisticated questionnaire. It included a volume of survey chapters giving a concise outline of the structures and socio-historical profiles of these languages. The presentation, which was given on Thursday at the National Library and led by two of the project editors – Susanne Michaelis and Martin Haspelmath – was attended by Minister for Social Development and Culture Bernard Shamlaye, principal secretaries for education and culture Merida Delcy and Raymonde Onezime, and education and culture staff. It targets a systematic comparison of language structures by gathering information on 75 pidgin and Creole languages – including Seychelles Creole – using 120 grammatical features, including phonological segments. The project – Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures ¬¬– is being carried out by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, based in Leipzig, Germany. Archive - Archive 2004 - July 2013 Local experts learn about Creole research |05 July 2010
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